The Job of an Imperial Concubine

On the second day, Zhuang Luoyan woke up early, and the emperor was still lying beside her. She noticed the slight trembling of the emperor's eyelashes, and she knew that the emperor had woken up, but she didn't open her eyes for some reason.

Cautiously reached out and touched the emperor's ear, then quickly withdrew his hand, closed his eyes tightly, and looked like he was completely asleep.

The warmth from his ears made Feng Jin stop opening his eyes, and after a while, he slowly opened them with a rather complicated expression.

When he was young, he once heard from a maid beside him that there was a custom in her hometown that when her husband went out, the lady would touch his ears to express concern and blessings. Was Zhuang Luoyan's gesture today accidental or did he know about this custom?

Looking at the woman with her eyes tightly closed and not daring to look at her, Feng Jin slowly sat up, opened the gauze curtain and let the maids and eunuchs who were waiting on the side step forward to help her get dressed. Then I saw Zhuang Luoyan sitting up on the bed.

"When did the emperor wake up?" Zhuang Luoyan showed a trace of uneasiness in her expression, but she tried her best to hide it, "My concubine sleeps so deeply."

"I woke up and saw that you were still sleeping, so I didn't wake you up," Feng Jin opened his arms and let the maid tidy up his robes. Seeing that Zhuang Luoyan looked relaxed, she walked to the bed in a good mood, Bending slightly, she looked into Zhuang Luoyan's eyes, and she didn't look back until the other person's face was flushed, stood up straight and smiled, "I think Aifei is getting more and more lovely."

This guy is molesting my wife again!

Feng Jin was in a good mood and left with a group of servants. Zhuang Luoyan, with black hair hanging loose, stood at the gate of the palace and watched him leave. He turned around and went back to the room to sit in front of the dressing table when he couldn't see the holy driver clearly. Down.

"Ting Zhu, what are the rumors outside the palace about what happened yesterday?" Zhuang Luoyan let Ting Zhu and Yun Xi pull her hair while choosing the jewelry in the dressing box.

"There are many rumors in the palace, and the most bizarre one is that the palace maid died unjustly, and the blue fire on her body was her resentment," Ting Zhu didn't dare to say too much, worried that Zhuang Luoyan would be afraid, and after a few words He said, "But for the time being, no one is pulling on your body, Madam."

"It's not that no one poured dirty water on me," Zhuang Luoyan sighed, and helped her temples, "The emperor rested here yesterday, which shows the emperor's attitude. Those who plot against me have nothing to do."

"My maidservant also heard that Director Gao killed several servants with a cane early this morning. Could it be the emperor..." Listening to Zhu thought about it carefully, he thought it was possible, so he stopped talking, and pulled out a flying bun for Zhuang Luoyan, "Whatever it is, left and right have little to do with us."

Zhuang Luoyan smiled, and let Yun Xi and Ting Zhu play with her hair.

She doesn't believe that there are really any weird things, but most of the weird things that are particularly conspicuous have ulterior motives.

After leaving the Xihe Palace, Feng Jin felt a bit chilly, and suddenly remembered what happened last night, so he asked the eunuch who was waiting by his side, "Xiao Jili, how did Gao Dezhong investigate last night?"

"Back to the emperor, Director Gao stayed up all night last night, and this morning he shot a few talkative servants. The servants heard that the dead maid was from Concubine Rou's Palace." Xiaojili replied cautiously, "I think there is already some news. .”

"Well," Feng Jin nodded, "A talkative slave shouldn't be kept, Gao Dezhong is very good at handling things. Ask someone to come to Jingyang Palace to say something, if there is another slave who speaks up, he will be shot immediately."

"Yes," Xiaojili hurriedly asked the people around him to go to Jingyang Palace to deliver the emperor's oral order.

In Jingyang Palace, after hearing the emperor's dictation, the queen asked the eunuch who delivered the decree to retreat, and said blankly, "I know that there will be no peace at the beginning of this year. After the first month is over, I'm afraid there will be another There will be a few newcomers sent to the palace, and I don't know what kind of chaos will happen."

"It doesn't matter how messed up he is, your majesty is the empress of the palace, so letting other people fight around won't affect you." Concubine Xian Gui smiled and said, "My majesty can just sit and watch jokes."

"That's right, we old people have long since lost grace, so we'll just watch those young girls vying for each other," the queen sighed, "I don't know who played the trick last night, it really happened." Not on the table."

"Your Majesty is so respectful to the world, how can they be compared to those yellow-haired girls," Concubine Xian said with a smile, "The Emperor must have the same thoughts as you, Your Majesty, and look down on those methods."

The queen laughed mockingly, "Let's just watch, these few days the Japanese palace has to ask the palace to release the maids who are over twenty-four years old in the palace, which is already a headache. Now someone is sharing the burden, otherwise this palace will be too busy."

After listening to the Queen's words, Concubine Xian wanted to say something else when she heard the voice of the eunuch outside the door delivering the report.

"Concubine Ning is here."

It's time for all the concubines to pay their respects, Concubine Xian stopped talking after thinking about it, and only after Concubine Ning came in did she gossip with Concubine Ning again.

"I heard that the emperor was resting at Zhao Xianrong's place yesterday," Concubine Xian Gui sighed, "It's really not easy for Zhao Xianrong, it's lucky that the fate is deep, otherwise..."

Concubine Ning smiled lightly, "Zhao Xianrong is naturally blessed." After saying this, she didn't say anything else.

Concubine Xian didn't continue talking, and after a while, the concubines came intermittently, and no one mentioned what happened last night. After all, someone was killed by the chief steward next to the emperor early in the morning, so they would not commit this taboo.

After Zhuang Luoyan appeared, all the concubines only said a few words in a roundabout way, but still no one dared to sarcasm in front of her. Who would let this one win the emperor's favor? Became a broom star.

Zhuang Luoyan also pretended not to see the eyes of the crowd looking at her, and sat calmly until she pushed out of the Jingyang Palace with the crowd, and no one dared to speak provocatively.

So there is a big difference between being favored and not being favored. If what happened yesterday happened within the palace of the concubine who was not favored, I don't know what the worry would be like now.

"I'll just see how long she can be proud," Su Xiuyi watched as Zhuang Luoyan's chariot left, and sat on her own chariot with an ugly expression.

Concubine Jiang Gui looked at Su Xiuyi's appearance. I'm afraid she hasn't figured out the reality. Concubine Yan Gui, who was so favored before, had already decided to be promoted, but she didn't have her name on the day of the promotion. If it had nothing to do with Zhao Xianrong, she would not believe it.

Whether it's because of Zhao Xianrong's interference or the emperor's favor, at least one thing can prove that it is not a good thing to be hostile to Zhuang Luoyan.

Perhaps what Kong Wanyi said made sense, dogs that bite people usually don't like to bark.

In Qianzheng Palace, Feng Jin listened to Gao Dezhong's report, and asked calmly, "Did you find anything on the maid?"

"Back to the emperor, the people sent by the servants found something suspected of phosphorous powder on the maid."

"Phosphor powder?" Feng Jin raised his eyebrows with interest, "That's really interesting."